I pass redolent hedgerows, of ornate enclaves, In the soft wake of Sappho, I approach wild waves.A strange, wooden ship of ghostly sails awaits my heel; I board the cryptic schooner, and it creaks where the currents reel.

The large, foreboding vessal knows no other hand but I.I clasp the splintered wheel, beneath a baleful sky.Something is beneath the boat; (why I do not know) All that I can fathom is the kraken dwells below.

Through a storm I pervade, beyond the gleaming sand; I sail at topmast, northward, to the deep Aegean Sea, Until the sirens are left with no sonatas to assail me; I find a forgiving harbor- Onto the glorious mainland!

VI

I reach the Acropolis, and I witness the ancient plays.A goddess of wisdom scents the Parthenon with grace.By an alabaster temple, Athena’s fair faceSmiles as I bless her, with aramanthine bouquets.

My heart, gravely moved, beholding her Doric rose, Is engulfed in a florid, fountainous repose.The fire of her kiss leaves my soul profoundly weak.I have visions of celestial reason- of which I can not speak.

VII

I see in the distance, spirited, fine and black, A stallion beaming in the sun, awaiting my plea: “I implore, tenacious breed, to saddle your raven back; Let us ride beyond the wind- beside the splendid sea! ”

We pass through a viny, trellis-lined portal, Beyond the azure glow of a tall, resplendent tree; We reach the blue dominion of His teeming majesty-The great and stony titan: - Poseidon- The Immortal!

VIII

The pure, valiant spirits of my gallant horse and IWitness the quintessence of the infinite fly by; Beneath the bronze of the sky, across the diamond shore we race, Increasing the speed of our incredible pace.

Lifted above the world, beyond curtains of time and space, Together we breach all earthly realms as we ride, Entering an effulgent place beside the tide; We behold upon the billows-a glimpse of heaven’s face!

Rising above the crest of topless ecstasies, We witness beyond a glided gate a glimmer-Blooming into an ardent, ravishing shimmer-Containing all kinds of ineffable rubies.

And so, like Zeus, on Mount Olympus I ascend, To absorb all that is rapturous and lofty.But like all true bards who transcend an ecstasy, I relinquish my spirit and my wings in the end.

IX

My muse whispers into my ears: “You must return home.”The sunlight disappears, withering on the vanishing foam.Shedding red, the dream is pierced, as if with a rending fork.The beach sheds amber tears, as I behold New York.

X

And so, my fair pedigree of the banished sand, Because reality has claimed my intellect, I must bid you farewell, left only to recollectA nebulous vestige of your enchanted land.